wasting resource working on something that does not exist
spending time searching for something that is simply impossible to find
a foolish search for something that cannot be achieved
a chase for something that’s beyond your reach
They tampered with my research. Thank God I found it out. I’m sure they were hoping to send me on a wild goose chase as I continue my research.
The convict escaped the police custody on the way to jail. Police is apparently on a wild goose chase after he vanished into woods.
It turns out that my brother took my car keys. I had been on a wild goose chase this whole morning searching them in the entire house.
Jonathan looking for his lost phone may be on a wild goose chase.
Michel ends up on a wild goose chase trying to find a rental house of her dream.
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